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Paraphyletic is defined as?
Describe a group of organisms united by anatomical traits
Groups exclude most common shared ancestor
Common ancestor and all descendants
2
The Hadean, Archean and Proterozoic Eons are usually grouped into a 'super eon' called the:
Phanerozoic
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
3
What 2 parts would you have to look at to determine the power of a microscope?
Eyepiece, diaphragm
Fine focus, coarse focus
Eyepiece, objective lens
Diaphragm, Objective Lens
4
Cilia is to paramecium as ___________ is to euglena
cilia
anal pore
flagellum
amoeba
5
Which Kingdom? Prokaryote, Peptidoglycan, Unicellular
Arheabacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
6
What is the name of these microscope parts?
adjustment knobs
objective lenses
stage clips
stage
7
What does a Euglena have that an Ameoba and a Paramecium cannot have?
Chloroplasts
Pellicle
Movement
Cilia
8
Which of these has to be true about a cell
It is currently alive
Has mitochondria
Has a nucleus
Enclosed by a membrane
9
What is a cladogram?
A map showing where you can find animals
A paper with the alphabet on it
a branching diagram showing the relationship between a number of species
A step by step on how to build a car
10
All of the following are characteristics of life EXCEPT
made of cells
have a heartbeat
have DNA
adapt to environment
11
Great Oxygenation Event
Volcanic process of releasing oxygen gas from Earth's mantle
Cynobacteria produced oxygen in our atmosphere
plants produced oxygen in our atmosphere via photosynthesis
The process that formed the ozone layer
12
Which eon was the longest?
Phanerozoic
Hadean
Proterozoic
Archaean
13
Weismann cut tails off of 22 generations of mice to disprove _____
Use and disuse
Darwin
Evolution
Adaptation
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What did Darwin notice about the Tortoises on the Galapagos?
They had differences in their shells
They all lived in the same environment
They all ate the same food
They all looked exactly the same
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What is an adaptation?
A change that helps something survive
A characteristic that has a current functional role
Something that destroys an animal
A pattern of behavior that an animal acquires
16
What is artificial selection?
the change of frequency within a population's alleles
traits are more or less commonbased on reproductive success
humans breed plants or animals with certain desirable traits
17
Smallest Linnaean taxa:
family
class
species
kingdom
18
what is primordial soup hypothesis?
Carbon and hydrogen
A self replicating RNA molecule formed and began to evolve
Spontaneous generation
The development of aseptic techniques
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One limitation of Linnaean classification is that
organizes organisms into groups
scientists can discuss organisms
it is based upon only physical characteristics
does not use organisms' common names
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Is bacteria alive
Yes
No
21
What are the Linnaean levels of classification?
Domain Phylum Class Family Genus Species
Order Phylum Kingdom Family Genus Species
Genus Species Order Kingdom Domain Family
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
22
Charles Darwin did most of his research in____________________.
Galapagos Islands
The Bahamas
Barbados
Guiana Island
23
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?
movement
response to environment
growth
reproduction
24
Does the work "prokaryote" describe a monophyletic group or a paraphyletic group?
Monophyletic
Both
Neither
Paraphyletic
25
What kind of cell is this
Prokaryotic cell
eukaryotic cell
26
The Urey Miller experiment
Proved how life started on early Earth
Suggested how organic molecules may have formed
Was a unique technology for the time
Showed us what early Earth was like
27
What does a cladogram show about organisms?
the relative degrees of relatedness among lineages
the importance of each derived character
the general fitness of the organisms analyzed
all traits of each organism analyzed
28
Panspermia is the theory that...
life was created by a supernatural being
life has always existed on earth
life has never existed on earth
life came from outer space
29
Humans affected the adaptation of peppered moths by:
Cutting down all the birch trees
Painting all the birch trees black to blend in with cities
Polluting the trees with black soot from machinery
Planting a more darkly colored tree for moths to land on
30
In evolutionary classification, a monophyletic group includes one
species and all its ancestors
ancestor and all its descendants
species and its genus
genus and its species
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According to this cladogram, Angiosperms are most closely related to...
Nonvascular Plants
Mr Kidder
Gymnosperms
Seedless vascular plants
32
At the end of the Hadean Eon, Earth cooled and the first life evolved. They were ________
Fish
Humans
Cyanobacteria
Dinosaurs
33
What domain is Archaea in?
Archaea
Prokaryote
Eukarya
Bacteria
34
Choose the most commonly accepted moon formation hypothesis.
Capture Hypothesis
Impact Hypothesis
Giant-Impact Hypothesis
Co-Accretion Hypothesis
35
what is a cladogram?
a table that shows evolutionary relationships
a diagram that is based on patterns of shared traits
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A paraphyletic group:
includes a given ancestor, and all of its descendants
includes a given ancestor, and some of its descendants
is missing an ancestor and one or more descendants
37
Which of the following was NOT supported by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
change of species over time
inheritence of acquired traits
natural selection
use and disuse
38
Which of the following is an example of artificial selection?
crossing 2 rose varieties to produce offspring with fewer thorns
altering the dna of an apple so it will have bright red skin
replacing a defective gene with a healthy gene
inserting a bacterial cell with the human dna trait to produce insulin
39
What's the biggest problem with the Protist Kingdom?
They should not include seaweed
They could be animal or plant like
There are too many
Share common ancestors w/ others, rather than each other
40
Peppered moths are an example of what?
How variation can lead to evolution of a species
Genetic Drift
Speciation
How different species branch off from one another
41
Linnaean classification involves.....
no categories
small, specific categories
both large and small categories
large general categories
42
The biological species concept defines a species as
Populations that live in the same ecosystem
Groups of organisms in a population that share traits
Population that is able to mate successfully
Population that can mate and produce fertile offspring
43
Using this cladogram, which animal does not have lungs?
Hagfish
Pigeon
Lizard
Mouse
44
Archaea can be found in...
Extreme enviornments
Wood
Houses
Your hair
45
Which "kingdom" contains these supergroups: Amoebazoa, Rhizaria, Excavata, and Chromalveolata?
fungi
plant
animal
protist
46
What is the endosymbiotic theory?
All prokaryotes evolved from eukaryotes
Some organelles were originally bacteria
extra credit?
Some bacteria were originally organelles
47
Archaea are...
Don't have cells
Multicullular
Unicellular
All of the above
48
When carrying a microscope, you must hold these two parts:
arm & stage
body tube & arm
body tube & base
arm & base
49
A prokaryote
has no nucleus
has a nucleus
is one of the six kingdoms
50
How was Oparin’s primordial soup hypothesis tested?
Through Pasteur's experiment
Through Miller-Urey's experiment
Through Redii's experiment
51
What animal did Darwin observe?
Turtles
Unicorns
Snakes
Finches
52
Which represents a monophyletic group?
A, D
C, E
D, E
A, B, C
53
Endosymbiotic theory suggests that
organisms best fitted for their environment survive
eukaryotic cells may have evolved from prokaryotic cells
many diseases are caused by microorganisms
an organisms adaptive changes are passed on to its offspring
54
Which on is a cladogram
D and A
C and D
A and B
All of them
55
Which phrase best describes the Linnaean classification system?
There is only one kingdom.
The taxa are interchangeable.
Each genus contains one species.
Each level includes the more specific levels below.
56
How have biologists tested the RNA world hypothesis?
Created environment in lab demonstrated key steps
Created a time machine
Observed fossils of early life
Took a survey
57
Sparks in the Miller Urey experiment are meant to simulate…
lightning
cosmic rays
microwaves
thunder
58
When was the Great Oxygenation Event?
Cenozoic Eon
Proterozoic Eon
Palaeozoic Eon
Mesozoic Eon
59
definition of population
the living species in an ecosystem
all of the organisms of one species within a particular ecosystem
60
When did life first evolve on Earth?
6.9
3.7
1.3
8.2
61
Which eon are we in?
Phanerozoic
Paleozoic
Jurassic
Hadean
62
Bacteria are multicellular
False
True
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Homeostasis.
Animals Don't do it
It's not needed
Only Animals do it
Helps you survive
64
What was Earth like during the Hadean Eon?
Hot and Violent
Warm and Calm
Cold and Icy
Windy and Rocky
65
The eon Hadean is when
the Earth's surface finally cooled.
the Earth's atmosphere filled with oxygen.
the Earth's structures and life forms changed.
the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.
66
How much oxygen was in the beginning?
Little
Medium
A lot
No oxygen
67
Does a phylogenetic tree imply that some organisms are more "advanced" than others?
Yes
No
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The ____ of Species?
Count
Sum
Order
Origin
